Hermione groaned as she woke up. A pain shot through her side she raised her arm to her head. Not seeing any bloody on her fingers, Hermione began to crawl towards the phone, dragging her legs behind her. Pulling it onto the floor Hermione dialled 999 and began to sob as the operator put her through to the police. Hermione gave out her address and collapsed back onto the floor and into unconsciousness.

"So what's the situation here then?" Hermione heard a man say as she came around.

"Think it might have been an intruder sarge" a woman replied. "There is noticeable forced entry at the back door and a bag full of stuff upstairs. Forensics are going through it now" the woman explained.

"And the young woman?" The sergeant asked.

"Out cold. Her housemate is away on holiday according to the old lady next door. Seems she put up a fight though considering the state of the burglar. He's out cold too and has serious head injuries."

"No possible explanation of a lovers tiff eh?" the sergeant asked sounding suspicious.

"Not at all. Neighbour said she has never seen her with a man. And theres no evidence of a partner in the house. I think this was just a random burglary sarge."

Hermione suddenly felt herself being lifted up on a stretcher and carried out into an ambulance. Hermione closed her eyes as it all came back to her. Why did it happen? What did I do? Was all Hermione could think of. Hermione heard a paramedic talking to her but Hermione could feel her eyes getting heavier and heavier and soon she was drowned in blackness.

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It was three days after the break in and Hermione was sitting in a questioning room at the local police station. Hermione had only been discharged form hospital last night but the police were insistent that they interview her today. Hermione had feeling that the sergeant questioning her- the one she heard that night, thought she was lying. He kept asking if she knew her attacker and she repeatedly said she didn't- this was always followed by a questioning look from the sergeant. Hermione sipped her nearly cold coffee as the sergeant and the woman PC re-entered the room.

"Well" The sergeant said as he sat down. Crossing his hands in front of him again he looked straight at Hermione. "I certainly wouldn't want to meet you in bad mood miss granger. You're intruder hasn't woken up yet. Must have been some big blow to the head you gave him."

"Only after he broke into my home, tried to rob me and after he attacked me- throwing down the stairs in the in case you've forgotten. It was self defence!" Hermione said impatiently.

"So you keep saying."

"You sound like you don't believe me! He broke into my home! He attacked me! What was I supposed to do? Just let him carry on attacking me?" Hermione was desperate to get back to bed. She just couldn't get to sleep last night. Even though Sam was home and thoroughly shocked hermione still felt unsafe at home. Even if Sam did sleep in Hermione's room with her.

"He certainly has come of worse thought hasn't he? It's his first day of being in a coma, dent in the back of his head and a few broken bones." Hermione gaped at what the sergeant was saying. Has he totally forgotten or choosing to be ignorant of her injuries? What about the trauma she has been through?

"I… I don't believe it. Just because he is in a coma, I'm the bad one? I defended myself! He attacked ME!" Hermione said now furious with the sergeant. How dare he accuse her of such things?

"Hmm yes we know. Please miss grange try to compose yourself and tell us… again what happened." Asked the sergeant.

So Hermione gratefully told the officers her story. How she was in the house by herself as Sam was one holiday. How she had come back from her kick boxing lesson, had a shower and went to bed. She shook slightly as she began to tell them how she had woken with a start and then a man had entered her room. She told them how he struck her as she asked what he was doing. Then how she went into the hall, that she high kicked him from behind and then there was a struggle and he grabbed her ankle as she was about to run downstairs and she fell, blacking out for a while. Then the next thing she knew he was advancing on her and he leant over her and she grabbed the first thing she could and hit with it and he fell to ground beside her. She told them then how she went to call the police and she saw his reflection in a picture. That he had a bat above his head and was going to hit her with it. So she grabbed a vase that was closest to her and hit him with it and then he hit her and next thing she knew she was waking up when the emergency services was there.

The sergeant sighed as she finished her story and turned to the woman PC and shook his head.

"Well you may aswell go home then. I think that all we're going to get out of you today." And that is all they got out of hermione the next and the day after and the following three days they questioned her.

Hermione jumped as she heard a sharp knock on the door. Cautiously opening it up she saw the woman PC standing on her doorstep.

"Can I help?" hermione asked quietly

"I'm afraid you're going have to come down to the station"

"But…but what for now? It's late and Ive answered all you're questions!"

"Miss granger I must ask you to come now by yourself or I'll have to arrest you." The PC said blatantly

"Arrest me? What for?" hermione asked shocked

"Your intruder sustained very servere head injuries and he passed away a few hours ago. As a result of the injuries he received… from you"